Wordit
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How HN took it
6 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun, addictive concept; reminds commenters of Wordle
From 4 comments
Reminds me of wordle , fun concept!
shwetarkadam257 on HNNice very entertaining
omeysalvi on HNlove it
mgianluc on HNWow! amazing concept! I couldn't score much for the very first time but I kept going again and again. Good way to find out how many words one can construct. Some ideas if you are…
JeelVankhede on HN
Good for vocabulary and learning English
From 2 comments
That's interesting.My native language is not English, so I can study English words throught this site
hasudon7171 on HNWow! amazing concept! I couldn't score much for the very first time but I kept going again and again. Good way to find out how many words one can construct. Some ideas if you are…
JeelVankhede on HN
Objections
Gets repetitive; easy once a word allows many first-letter changes
From 2 comments
Love the concept! Although found it a bit leading of easy answers once I landed on a word where changing the first letter yielded many new words (i.e. word like 'time' yielded…
tty456 on HN+1. It felt very mechanical running through "bard, card, hard, lard, nard, pard, sard, ward, ware, care, dare, fare, hare, mare, nare, pare, tare, bare, bark, dark, hark, lark,…
quuxplusone on HN
Dictionary accepts some odd words like 'ment' and 'bapt' rejected; 'liam' and 'larp' missing
From 3 comments
Is 'ment' a word? I had 'went' and wrote 'ment' on a whim and it accepted it and I was quite surprised. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ment according to…
asimovDev on HN"liam" isn't in the dictionary?
nathan03 on HNLARP wasn't in the dictionary. I feel cheated.
tim-projects on HN
Mobile keyboard handling is tedious
From 2 comments
The keyboard control on mobile is tedious. Have to tap in letter box to get keyboard, keyboard disappears after entering letter, have to repeat for each letter. It'd be a huge…
nosioptar on HNFF on Android: my keyboard doesn't auti-hide and covers the check button, I need to hide it manually each time.
shmeeed on HN
Requests
Add a hard mode, e.g. change letters in different positions or vary word length
From 3 comments
Love the concept! Although found it a bit leading of easy answers once I landed on a word where changing the first letter yielded many new words (i.e. word like 'time' yielded…
tty456 on HNWow! amazing concept! I couldn't score much for the very first time but I kept going again and again. Good way to find out how many words one can construct. Some ideas if you are…
JeelVankhede on HNthanks, the whole thing were prototyped in a day or so. I was thinking about ways to make it more challenging, maybe using 5 letters word, 6... messing with how many edits you…
atum47 on HN
Add timer challenges or multiplayer with friends
From 1 comment
Wow! amazing concept! I couldn't score much for the very first time but I kept going again and again. Good way to find out how many words one can construct. Some ideas if you are…
JeelVankhede on HN
Enemy AI that chases the player
From 1 comment
+1. It felt very mechanical running through "bard, card, hard, lard, nard, pard, sard, ward, ware, care, dare, fare, hare, mare, nare, pare, tare, bare, bark, dark, hark, lark,…
quuxplusone on HN
Show the full chain at the end with definitions or Wiktionary links
From 1 comment
I wish it would show the whole chain in the end, perhaps augmented with dictionary meanings or links to Wiktionary.
vova_hn2 on HN
Questions
Is a given word valid, such as 'ment'?
From 2 comments
Is 'ment' a word? I had 'went' and wrote 'ment' on a whim and it accepted it and I was quite surprised. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ment according to…
asimovDev on HNOxford (an "exhaustive" dictionary) has several transitive verbs: https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=ment
LearnYouALisp on HN
Alternatives named
Poople (poople.io)
From 2 comments
I played Poople for a few months, same concept but with an actual goal achievable in a few minutes. https://poople.com/
saulpw on HNIt seems this is the right url: https://poople.io/
liberix on HN
Wordle
From 1 comment
Reminds me of wordle , fun concept!
shwetarkadam257 on HN